Gaming Commission

You are hereby suspended for a term of 15 days reduced to 7 days and fined $1000 reduced to $500 for the following post race positive.  Respondent Antonio Grillo , as responsible trainer under 9 NYCRR § 4120.4(a), violated Commission rules in that respondent trained a horse, Suits, that competed in the 3rd race at Monticello Raceway on 5/31/18 and (1) the drug phenylbutazone had been administered within 48 hours before the scheduled post time of its race in violation of 9 NYCRR § 4120.2(e)(14); and (2) the laboratory conducting tests for the commission determined that a race-day blood sample taken from the horse had the substance phenylbutazone present at a concentration, including an assessment of the measurement uncertainty and imprecision of the quantitative threshold, in excess of 2 mcg/ml in plasma in violation of 9 NYCRR § 4120.3(a)(19). Your horse finished 1st and was disqualified and placed 7th for this violation.